Welcome: The Leavenworth Bass Club held its monthly meeting on August 1st at the Ft Leavenworth Rod and Gun Club. There were 21 members present. The president called the meeting to order at 7:00 pm.

Secretary Report:

The secretary reported that the July newsletter was sent to all members by email. The members present voted to approve the minutes as published.

The IRS filing for not for profit is still pending because of their website issues.

Treasurer Report:

The Treasurers report was approved as read.

LBC checking account beginning balance is $6,077.03 and the ending balance is $6,247,22. The Fishing For Freedom beginning balance is $23,854.43, and the ending balance is $30,327.70. Pay Pal account remains at $1,525.70.

Conservation Committee Report:

Dan thanked all the members who showed up at Middle Creek to help place 20 Georgia Cubes in the lake.

Dan reminded all of us that we need to find his replacement as he will continue to serve until our election of new Officers. This would be a great opportunity for any member who has not yet held a committee assignment.

Youth Director Report:

Bill Mason, a previous member of the club has donated numerous rods/reels, soft and hard baits, plus various fishing equipment for use by youth or, as a donation to a new member without a lot of equipment. Several reels were delivered to Dennis for cleaning and repair, and the other items are stored in the Rod and Gun Club maintenance facility. The club will need to decide what to do with the equipment.

Received a letter from a family that attended the County Commissioners KFD last month, thanking Frank Carroll for helping them. I’ll bring the letter to the next meeting.

Banquet Committee Report: Kenny Smith has resigned as the banquet chairman due to personal issues. Mike Brooks has stepped up to volunteer to do it. Mike can count on lots of help from other club members..

Webmaster Report: Brent has been updating the website and will continue to do so with posting of new pictures.

Vice President Report:

Larry reminded the members present that there is a quarterly MOBASS meeting on September 17th at Pomme de Terre. Bill Gevedon and Steve Clark volunteered to attend.

Larry also thanked the club members who joined with Ft Leavenworth Rod and Gun Club members to plant fish tree and Georgia Cubes in both Smith and Merritt lakes on post.

Larry also discussed needing club support to improve the Missouri access ramp under the blue bridge.

Still need to identify a guest speaker for October to talk about successful strategy for multi day tournaments

The membership cards for the Rod and Gun Club expire the end of July and will need to be renewed. If you are a member and need to renew so you still have post access, see Larry for the paperwork.

President Report: No report.

Fishing for Freedom: Larry reports that we are about 75 boats short for Fishing For Freedom in October, plus needing volunteers who can launch and recover boats, or just to work where needed.

Old Business: None

New Business: None.

New Members: None

New Equipment Report: No report.

Outside Activities: Bill H & Bill G won the Cystic Fibrosis tournament and had big bass on Mozingo, Saturday, August 6th. Bob J and Larry Stoafer won the Nebraska TBF the following day and also had big bass. The makes two years on a row the LBC have won the two tournaments.

MOBASS News: Already discussed

Tournament Director’s Report:

The results for the Mozingo tournament, July 10th 2016 follows:

Mozingo, Sunday July 10th

PLACE

ANGLER

# FISH

WEIGHT

COMMENTS

1st

Randy Kenton

5

12.70

Chatterbait w/trailer, and in the deep trees

2nd

Bill Gevedon

5

12.33

MO Craw jig, big Senko

3rd

Ken Hackworth

5

12.05

Chatterbait w/swim jig trailer

4th

Danny Lee

4

10.55

Senkos on trees and in the grass

5th

Mark Luna

4

9.83

7” Ocho, Biffle Bug

BIG BASS

BOATER

1st

Bob Greene

4.86

2nd

Ill Gevedon

4,74

CO-ANGLER

1st

Ray Cates

2.99

2nd

Lou Engler/Todd McGowan

2.56

Launch Order for Mozingo, Saturday, August 13, 2016

Take off from Main Ramp @ 6:00 AM or safe light, weigh-in at 3:00 PM

LAUNCH ORDER

BOATER

CO ANGLER

1

Dennis Edwards

Brent Goss

2

Jeff Sell

Hayes Edwards

3

Mark Luna

Rodney Bledsoe

4

Steve Read

Ray Cates

5

Mike Brooks

Bill Frederick

6

Bill Horvath

Lou Engler

7

Bob Jorgensen

Mark Stadel

8

Danny Lee

Eric Verburg

9

Larry Stoafer

10

Steve Clark

Frank Carroll

11

Garrett Cates

12

Randy Kenton

13

Bill Gevedon

14

Ken Hackworth

15

Mike Brooks

16

Bob Greene

The free tournament entry was won by Bob Jorgensen. The gas card from Shoreline was won by Mike Brooks. Door prizes were won by Steve Read, Randy Kenton, Mike Brooks, Eric Verburg and Bill Horvath.

There being no further official business, the meeting was adjourned at 7:49 PM

After the meeting , Bob Greene gave an excellent presentation on the “panic box”.